The tablets of MWC 2013 (pictures)

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Coming to the U.S. sometime in the second quarter of 2013, Samsung's S Pen-equipped 8-inch tablet has the size and features (1,280x800-pixel-resolution display, quad-core A9 processor) to be a direct competitor to the iPad Mini.
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HP Slate 7

Surprise! Hewlett-Packard's latest slate is Android, not Windows. The $169 Slate 7 looks a like surefire competitor to the Nexus 7, with a steel frame, dual front and rear cameras, and a dual-core ARM A9 processor. It comes out in the U.S. in April.
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Asus FonePad

Not to be confused with (but guaranteed to be confused with) the PadFone Infinity, the FonePad is a cheap 7-inch Intel Atom-powered Android Jelly Bean tablet that can make phone calls, too.
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Lenovo S6000

Lenovo has several Windows-based tablets, and at MWC a few more Android-based ones were thrown in the mix, all of them running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The 10.1-inch S6000 has a 1,280x800 IPS display and a quad-core MediaTek processor, plus optional HSPA+ cellular data.
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